Housing in Lower Tyrone

A typical Lower Tyrone home is worth roughly $140,000

Typical home value

$140K

PA $290K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,040

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$1,945

PA $3,311

What kind of housing town is Lower Tyrone?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

Your money goes further52% below the Pennsylvania typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

Less than across Pennsylvania (3.7 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about

$273,000

Typical Lower Tyrone home $140K

That covers a typical Lower Tyrone home, with $134K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$890

Loan $690Tax $160Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040 a month here, $150 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

South Huntingdon$219K East Huntingdon$140K Perry$212K Franklin$124K Dawson$161K Dunbar$167K Upper Tyrone$99K

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Lower Tyrone’s typical property tax (1.39% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,040

Renters already here pay a median of $856, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$800

1 bedroom$860

2 bedrooms$1,040

3 bedrooms$1,330

4 bedrooms$1,430

20%

of households rent · PA 31%

renter households

43%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · PA 48%

17%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$856

median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Pittsburgh, PA HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

80% of Lower Tyrone households own their home

Half of Lower Tyrone’s homes were built before 1979.

Owners and renters

Own 80%Rent 20%

Pennsylvania: 69% own.

1979

typical home built · PA 1965

$1,945

median property tax bill · PA $3,311

1.39%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · PA 1.30%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Next door

Lower Tyrone vs. its neighbors

Lower Tyrone is the 3rd least expensive of 8 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

South Huntingdon$219K Perry$212K Dunbar$167K Dawson$161K East Huntingdon$140K Lower Tyrone$140K Franklin$124K Upper Tyrone$99K

Compare more

Town	Typical value	1-yr change	2-bed rent	New homes 2025	Median income
Lower Tyrone	$140K*	—	$1,040	—	$74,792
South Huntingdon	$219K*	—	$1,120	3	$71,425
East Huntingdon	$140K*	+25.5%†	$1,060	11	$68,286
Perry	$212K*	—	$1,060	—	$67,833
Franklin	$124K*	—	$1,250	—	$57,250
Dawson	$161K	−2.7%	$1,040	—	$48,929
Dunbar	$167K*	—	$1,010	—	$60,917
Upper Tyrone	$99K*	+8.7%†	$990	—	$67,875

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.